The problem with being hospitalized
Shortly before my Motorcycle accident I left my little spaniel in the care of a grand daughter while I made my motorcycle trip across country. Lucky has a bit of separation anxiety and she sometimes ...
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I think the point is that we can look at things... brains, eyes, reactions, and so on.... But without the ability to sit down and say to the dog "how do you see _____, and how do you experience _____?" we will never really know.
And through history, if you look back, people have many times had certainty that they "knew" this or that about the world, based on available information at the time. Things that were later proven to be wrong. So we can think, and we can surmise, but to insist that you really "know" the exact way in which a dog or any other animal experiences the world is probably unwise.
I missed my dogs so much when I was in the hospital. Unfortunately, I was really sleep deprived and that makes me emotional sometimes. So when a volunteer walked in with a sheltie I just started crying. Poor lady!
And through history, if you look back, people have many times had certainty that they "knew" this or that about the world, based on available information at the time. Things that were later proven to be wrong. So we can think, and we can surmise, but to insist that you really "know" the exact way in which a dog or any other animal experiences the world is probably unwise.
I missed my dogs so much when I was in the hospital. Unfortunately, I was really sleep deprived and that makes me emotional sometimes. So when a volunteer walked in with a sheltie I just started crying. Poor lady!
